I Became a Time-Stopper at the Academy

35 – Dungeon Transformation (2)

The third group, including Lando, walked quickly without hiding their footsteps, determined to arrive in first place.

A good combination of 1 tank, 1 front line dealer, 1 back line dealer, and support.

However, the tanker who served as the leader—the son of the Count of Empires—removed Landau from behind.

“Don’t think about a commoner stealing the ball, stay calm, huh?”

“… Yes.”

Even pulling out the sword and waiting was not allowed.

I just follow you from behind.

Phishun—.

The archer in front of Lando caught [Big Piranha].

While the leader, the tank, is facing off with a shield.

‘I feel uneasy about something.’

Landau did not know exactly what grade [Big Piranha] Was.

However, the archer couldn’t hit the monster the tank was blocking, so he had to shoot three arrows to hit it.

It’s a magic arrow, the number of arrows doesn’t matter as long as you have magic power, and the original accuracy rate itself is inevitably lower than that of a horse gun….

Supporters also made mistakes when compared to Eliane.

The magic staff was supposed to match the body of the member who was trying to cast support magic, but it missed.

As much as the support magic itself eats up a lot of mana, every time it misses, mana is thrown away.

‘Oh, Mr. Joel….’

I’ve always thought he was a competent man, but I realized it even more today.

He didn’t have this anxiety when he and Joel ran through the dungeon.

It was much more stable than this even if only the three of us went around like Sarang Louis.

Finding good party members is also very important, the instructors and professors said in unison during the lecture.

Especially, depending on who is the leader who controls the entire party and formulates strategies, the party can be annihilated or all of them can survive.

‘This is a rule-of-thumb tactic.’

The supporters did not decide who to support first.

Whether to strike first when spotting an enemy or counterattack after defending.

At least not even a hand signal.

Above all, Joel didn’t let a single party member play.

He gave roles unconditionally, even for small things.

But now, he is dealing with monsters only with the back-end dealer, excluding the front-line dealer.

‘If I’m going to die, I’ll have to come out even if I’m criticized.’

I didn’t like these party members who dismissed themselves as commoners.

I can’t just let them die.

He wasn’t even sure that he would be able to break through the D-class dungeon alone.

“Um… ….”

A crossroads appeared in front of the three groups who were moving quickly.

10 O’clock, 12 o’clock, 3 o’clock.

Lando, who had been to similar dungeons with Joel, predicted that there would probably be similar types of monsters in either direction.

However, after killing monsters at best, he just went back because the road was blocked.

Joel used this to purposely go down a blocked road and kill the monster.

He said he needed to earn experience points.

Thanks to that, Lando’s two-handed swordsmanship is already level 3.

[Mana Touch] And [Mana Supercharge] Also took level 2.

“Go to 12 o’clock.”

At the leader’s words, the archer asked, “What is the basis?”

“It’s my feeling.”

“No….”

“Then can you justify it?”

“… ….”

It was Lando who let out a sigh.

***

[You have killed the monster.]

[You have killed the monster.]

Killed two more C-class monsters.

Caitlin, the scout, found the monster and Leon defended it with a two-handed sword.

It took less than 20 seconds, so it wasn’t too bad.

However, it kept bothering me that C-class monsters popped out continuously from D-class dungeons.

No matter how you think about it, this isn’t a Class D dungeon.

A grade C dungeon.

‘I’m sure the instructor didn’t lie.’

There is a very small chance that a mutant monster will appear, but that’s just one.

That’s also how the existing monsters get stronger.

The fact that monsters of different grades pop out is not called a variant.

I skimmed through the story of In my head.

Has there ever been an incident where the level of the dungeon itself has risen like it is now?

‘Balbino!’

There is an opportunity for drugs to circulate at the academy in earnest.

As now, in a situation where the level of the dungeon is rising during actual combat training, cadets who have taken drugs play a big role.

From this point on, if you don’t take that medicine, the word that you’re an idiot spreads among the students.

The main culprit in the academy drug case is Delia’s father—Valbino.

The dungeon mutation is also something he concocted.

Now I understand why they tried to corrupt Daniel into a demon.

‘To get me and Lando out of the academy.’

If Daniel falls into a demon and shakes the Duchy of Chablis, he, as an Imperial nobleman, must also respond.

Since Ellie Anne is the third daughter of the Chablis family, it is unconditional, and since Lando is close to me, she will say she will follow.

I could only see that Balbino was aiming for this.

And Balbino will have one more purpose.

The eldest daughter’s attempted foreign exchange, the cause of the collapse of Delia’s family.

I’m going to ask the princess of the kingdom directly.

How do you feel about your daughter’s death?

“Where are you going?”

I stopped when I saw a fork in the road, and Caitlyn asked me.

8 O’clock, 11 o’clock, 4 o’clock.

With Lando, you can use his [Mana Touch] To know which way to go….

If possible, he wanted to help Lando and his other heroine, the kingdom’s princess.

However, it is a different dungeon with only the story flow being the same as the dungeon variation.

I couldn’t tell which side he and her were on.

‘At this point, Balbino won’t kill me.’

If the kingdom’s princess is killed, all of his plans will go awry.

So if you look at it optimistically, nothing will happen to her, but now that the story has changed a bit, I felt a little anxious.

Moreover, Lando hasn’t fully grown up yet.

Still, if you are at the current level of lando, you should be able to break through the C-class to lower B-class dungeons alone.

It may be a bit difficult, but I believed that I would show my spirit as the main character.

“Caitlyn, go check the walls and come. If you think you’ll get caught by a monster, come back right away.”

“Okay.”

Her [Stealth] Skill is excellent.

And since it’s a D-class dungeon, the maze won’t be too complicated.

Even in the game story, the dungeon mutation incident was a rise in the grade of all monsters, not a change in the map.

From darkness to darkness.

Caitlyn hopped past the monster.

Approximately two minutes later, she reported that she had checked both the 8 o’clock and 11 o’clock positions.

“They both have walls.”

“Then let’s go slowly towards 4 o’clock.”

“Yes.” “Yes.”

Caitlyn and Luisa answered, but Leon said nothing.

It seemed that they didn’t like my cautious progress.

You probably think you’re going to get a low grade.

But now grades are also grades, but you have to survive abnormal situations.

Perhaps the instructor didn’t notice the current situation.

Unlike the actual combat training last time, the goal this time is to thoroughly break through the dungeon with the cadets from start to finish.

“Louisa, some potions.”

“Yes.”

She took out the magic potion Delia made from her bag.

I replenished my mana by pouring it into my mouth at once.

A total of two bosses came out during the dungeon transformation.

One mid-boss and one final boss.

I wonder if a mid-boss will appear soon….

As we continued moving forward, Caitlyn signaled to stop.

A bubble rose from the stagnant water.

Then it whirled at a faster and faster speed.

“Everybody evade! It’s a stretch nose!!”

At my words, Leon opened his eyes wide, saying, “Su, stretch koi?!”

Louisa stood in front of me and deployed her defensive magic, while Caitlyn moved away.

“Whether you use defensive magic or run away, do it quickly, Sir Leon!”

“Oh, I know!”

When Leon finished deploying his defense magic, water was fired from the surface like a laser cannon.

Only towards Leon’s defense magic.

“Gee!”

He’s holding on to the water pressure with his defensive magic, but little by little his feet are pushed back.

If you get hit by that water cannon, you’ll be seriously injured no matter how good your magic defense is.

You must defend or evade.

Though, fortunately, the stream gradually weakened.

When the water completely stopped, Leon stumbled and caught his breath.

There was a look of fear in his eyes.

“Caitlyn, while you evade, pull as much aggro as possible. Don’t do anything else Luisa and I will attack.”

“You have to kill properly?! If I fall behind today, I will resent you even if I die!”

“I’ll kill you properly. Because I don’t want to hear resentment from the dead either.”

I said that, but [Stretch Koi] Is not a monster that I can easily catch.

First of all, it is classified as upper class C, but there are also scholars who view it as lower class B.

In other words, it’s not just a normal C-class.

Pu-ung—.

A Nishikigoi jumped out of the stagnant water.

At the same time, the normal-sized Nishikigoi gradually swelled up.

Almost the size of a compact car.

“What, what is this?!”

“At this time, he attacks with his tail, so focus on avoiding his tail!”

“Okay!!”

[Stretch Koi] Can freely increase and decrease the body size.

When it grows, it physically attacks using its tail, and when it shrinks, it attacks with magic by shooting water cannons from its mouth.

It’s like a monster capable of both physical and magical attacks.

Weaknesses are obvious.

That the defense is weak.

Even knowing that, it’s tricky to catch.

Because if the avant-garde or lieutenant wants to attack, they must avoid all of the koi’s physical or magical attacks.

If you get hit, you die.

‘Should I react to the gun?’

[Stretch Koi], Which has weak defense, has excellent agility to counter attacks.

It was necessary to test whether the koi could evade the attack of the magic gun, which was weak but faster than most magic swords.

I pulled the trigger, which had already drained my mana.

Bang—!

A magic bullet flew towards the body of a koi like a gunshot.

However, the monster avoided the magic bullet.

“What, what?!”

Caitlyn opened her eyes wide as if surprised by the sudden reduction of [Stretch Koi].

She shrunk her body to a small size to deflect her magic bullets.

The Nishikigoi went back into the still water and walked around shallowly, drawing a figure of eight.

“All defend!”

“Ugh, yes!” “Yes… !”

I couldn’t hear Leon’s voice.

He had his buttocks pressed against the floor, his body trembling as if from the impact of the water cannon earlier.

“Sir Leon!!”

“Ah, ah, I see.”

Wrong.

He was so frightened that he couldn’t control himself.

He’s only bold in flirting with women, but he’s timid in this important scene as a knight….

“Louisa, go in front of Sir Leon and deploy your defensive magic.”

“Yes? Do, Bocchan… ?”

“I’ll try to avoid it as much as possible. Don’t worry, I’m not dying for Sir Leon.”

“… All right.”

Who will the water cannon fire this time?

If you have a shotgun, you might be able to catch that [Stretch Koi] That spins in a figure of 8 in the water.

It’s just a pity that it hasn’t been fully developed yet.

Paaa!

The smaller Nishikigoi opened its mouth in the stagnant water.

A water cannon fired from its mouth.

It came straight towards me.

‘Time stopped!’

2 Seconds stopped.

Throw your body sideways.

Never touch it.

Two seconds have been released.

A water cannon that I knew I could barely avoid.

But the koi turned its head.

I rolled and rolled as much as I could.

“Ugh!”

The water has calmed down.

[Stretch Koi]’S water cannon attack only once after getting smaller.

In other words, it doesn’t shoot any more right now unless it gets bigger and smaller again.

But it rubbed small on both calves.

The pain of tearing my flesh came over me.

It was the first time I saw blood flowing through my body.

“Boss… !!”

“Joel!!”

Louisa and Caitlyn ran right in front of me.

Caitlin’s eyes were filled with embarrassment, Luisa’s eyes filled with water.

“I just brushed it off. First, some healing potions.”

“Yes, boy… !!”

The situation was not so good.

Leon, a avant-garde dealer, lost his battle.

However, if you only use the [Time Stop] Skill to evade, there is no way to attack.

As the number of [Stop Time] Skills is not infinite, you will be attacked by [Stretch Koi] If you just defend.

‘First, a rescue request.’

The other groups besides us must be distracted right now.

Perhaps the dead have already come out.

I took out the [Electric shock pager] That Delia had given me earlier that I had put in my pocket and pressed the button.

She is now waiting outside her dungeon, hoping she will lead her instructors into the dungeon.

Still, the pain subsided little by little after drinking the healing potion.

It hurts a little when I put strength into my calf muscles, but somehow I managed to stand up.

Caitlyn approached Leon.

And grabbing by the collar,

Pair—.

She slapped her with her right hand.

“You protect me?! This bastard grabbing his ankles!!”

“Ke, Miss Caitlin, that’s not it….”

Pair—, Pair—.

Caitlyn slapped his ears until his cheeks turned red and swollen.

Until I dry it.

… It was a little bit cool.